On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 01:37:14PM -0700, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx> wrote: > > > Some implementations of `echo` support the '-e' option to enable > > backslash interpretation of the following string. > > As an addition, they support '-E' to turn it off. > > nit: please wrap the commit message to a consistent line width. > > > However, none of these are portable, POSIX doesn't even mention them, > > and many implementations don't support them. > > > > A check for '-n' is already done in check-non-portable-shell.pl, > > extend it to cover '-n', '-e' or '-E-' > > > > Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx> > > --- > > t/check-non-portable-shell.pl | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > An excellent change. Thanks for noticing and fixing this. > > Reviewed-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@xxxxxxxxx> Thanks for the review. Junio, if you wouldn't mind to squash that in, another fix is needed as well(trailing '-' after '-E') : s/'-n', '-e' or '-E-'/'-n', '-e' or '-E' ^